Robotic surgery provides patients with a minimally invasive operation option through the use of robotic arms which serve as a surgeon’s hands and eyes. Robotic surgery benefits include shorter hospital stays, faster recovery time and easier pain management.

Robotic surgery was introduced to the Buffalo-Niagara region in 2004, when Roswell Park became the first facility in the region to offer this state-of-the-art technology to patients with prostate cancer. In 2005, Dr. Khurshid Guru came to Roswell as the Director of Robotic Surgery.

Dr. Guru is one of a select group of surgeons who have completed a fellowship in robotic-assisted surgery under Dr. Mani Menon, considered the “father” of robotic surgery, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

By 2008, the percentage of robotic surgery operations for kidney, bladder and prostate cancer increased from 50 to 95 percent.